1965 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

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1965 Northern Illinois Huskies football
IIAC champion
Conference Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record9–1 (4–0 IIAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Bill Peck (1st season)
MVPBob Stark
CaptainRon Christian, Terry Henigan
Home stadium Glidden Field
Huskie Stadium
Seasons
  1964
1966  
1965 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Northern Illinois $ 4 0 09 1 0
Central Michigan 3 1 05 5 0
Western Illinois 2 2 04 5 0
Eastern Illinois 1 3 03 5 0
Illinois State 0 4 00 9 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1965 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University as a member of the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1965 NCAA College Division football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Howard Fletcher, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 9–1 with a mark of 4–0 in conference play, winning the IIAC title. Northern Illinois was invited to the Mineral Water Bowl, where they lost to North Dakota. The Huskies playing their first three home games at Glidden Field before opening the newly constructed Huskie Stadium on November 6 against Illinois State. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18 Whitewater State *W 28–14 [2]
September 25 Omaha *
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
W 28–13 [3]
October 2at Central Michigan Mount Pleasant, MI W 19–143,500 [4] [5]
October 9 Northeast Missouri State *
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
W 22–20 [6]
October 16at Bradley * Peoria, IL W 27–7 [7]
October 23at Milwaukee *W 38–12 [8]
October 30at Eastern Illinois No. 8
W 20–11 [9]
November 6 Illinois State Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 7
W 48–618,858 [10]
November 13 Western Illinois No. 8
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
W 40–1312,587 [11]
November 27vs. North Dakota *No. 6L 20–374,000–5,000 [12] [13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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